Test 19 · ★ · The library and books

my mate says reading non-fiction is cheating cos it's not a real story. right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, reading · What happens: say, read, cheat, not be · To what, where: non-fiction, real story · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★ of lesson 259 «The library and books» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	reading	read	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 cheating	csubj
5	non-fiction	non-fiction	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reading	obj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 cheating	aux
7	cheating	cheat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 says	ccomp
8	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	14 story	mark
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 story	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 story	cop
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 story	advmod
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 story	det
13	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 story	amod
14	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cheating	advcl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 cheating	punct
16	right	right	INTJ	_	3 says	discourse
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	read	gerund		non-fiction	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent non-fiction=Topic
3	cheat	present · progressive	reading		vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	not is a	present	mate	a real story	tree rules

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1

Yes, facts are boring

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 boring	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 boring	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 boring	cop
5	boring	boring	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	facts					boring property	tree rules

Option 2

Yes, only stories count

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 count	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 stories	advmod
4	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 count	nsubj
5	count	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	present	stories						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, non-fiction gives true facts and is real reading

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 non-fiction	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	non-fiction	non-fiction	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gives	nsubj
4	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 facts	amod
6	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 gives	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 reading	cc
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 reading	cop
9	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 reading	amod
10	reading	reading	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gives	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	non-fiction	true facts					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fact=Theme
2	is a	present	non-fiction not said here	real reading					tree rules

Option 4

No, but only fiction is true, and non-fiction is just made up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 true	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 true	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 true	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 fiction	advmod
5	fiction	fiction	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 true	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 true	cop
7	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 made	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 made	cc
10	non-fiction	non-fiction	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 made	nsubj:pass
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 made	aux:pass
12	just	just	ADV	_	13 made	advmod
13	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 true	parataxis
14	up	up	ADP	_	13 made	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	fiction					true property	tree rules
2	make up	present · passive		non-fiction					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot

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